undergarment
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The ideal invention would be a light polyester air-conditioned undergarment, enclosed around the neck, wrists and ankles and battery operated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The undergarment, which was estimated to be worth $1,000, had 15 bids, with the highest at $7,000.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Sean McVay, taking a cue from quarterback Matthew Stafford, will don an upper-body neoprene undergarment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
Some women swear by period underwear, a type of undergarment engineered to absorb menstrual blood.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
She entered and picked up the undergarment and put the stocking back in the drawer and closed it.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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"They are giving us pads but we don't have undergarments," said Tamang, whose family of 20 has been living in a crammed classroom.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Women have been shedding clothes for over a century, starting with the corsets and structured undergarments of the Victorian era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The dress is enormous, too, featuring a hidden, outrageously wide scaffolding of rigid undergarments called a guardainfante.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
I hand-wash my sheets and undergarments in my small sink.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2023
I wrapped my arms around her, but what I felt was not Mami but the harsh bones of her undergarments.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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